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Show UTAH STATE NEWS. H Tho Irrigation companies about Lohl- B liavo agreed to arbltrato their die- H putos. B Utah's 'wool clip for tho season will M probably reach a total of 1G,000,000 H pounds. B Klght now coal mines have been fl opened up during tho P'tst jenr, six in B Emory county and two in Carbon BKV connty. B Tho total output of the mines of JB Utah for tho year 1902 is estimated at BH $20,985,337. Tho output for 1901 was H $17,580,457. B The Btato University dobatlng team has tnado arrangements for a contest H with tho dobatlng team of the Ublver- BBv i city of Idaho. B During the past year 1,883 men were employed In tho various mines of tho H nlntc, as compared with 1,724 for 1901, BBb an Increase of 109. BBl Andrew Nlelson had both legs BBf v broken, and James Graham had ono fl log broken as a result of an accident BBi In a Sunnyoldo mine. H Royal Reld, of Mantt, Ig laid up with B a broken leg, ns a result of being B thrown from a horse, which clipped BBl whllo turning a corner. Miss Delia Mclntlro was struck by H a train at I'rico and slightly Injured. m Sho was standing too close (J tho BBl track, and was struck by the engine. BBl There Is now over a foot of snow H on tho lovol In Rabbit valloy in Wayno BBl county, moro than hna been on tho B Ground at one tlmo for several years BBl past. fl Postmaster Clovo reports that tho B business of tho Provo postoffico for tho H last quarter figures up to $2,75G.G3, a H gain of $204.57 over tho corresponding B -Quarter of lust year. M A proposition Is now on foot to cs- H tabllsh an electric light plant to sup- H ply Richfield. Tho pnrtles are figuring H on about a $10,000 plant, to bo opcr- BbV ated by steam power. During tho past year Utah mining B properties havo paid dividends to tho H amount of $5,025,500. During 1901 H tho sum of $4,440,900 was distributed B among tho stockholders. BBl Tho smelters of Utah arc- capable "fL-, of handljng 4,50,0 tons of oro per day, B nnd it is believed beforo tho closo of B' tho year Utah smelters will bo treat- R ing 7,000 tons of oro dally. H Whllo William Droadhcad, or Mantl, B was driving down tho street tho team BBl xan away, coming in contact with n 1 "treo, which ono of tho horses Struck, B causing Instant death to tho animal. B An explosion of coal gas at tho Salt B Lako county Jail last week did slight fl damago to tho building, and as a re- B suit of tho explosion ono of tho prls- B oners is nursing a badly burned face. B Tho cltzcns of Ephralm eolobrated H old folks' day on tho 30th, nbout 150 B guests being present. Ivan J. Olson, B aged 93, was presented with a cano, B for being tho oldest pioneer in tho dls- H trlct m , A trnlnload of pcoplo from Provo, B Springvlllo and Salt Lako, spent Now B Tear's day in tho vicinity of Nophl on B a rabbit hunt, and woro royally enter- M tnlncd' In tho ovonlng by tho cltzcns BBb of Nophl. B A forco of eight men is at work M ,elnklng in on tho vein of tho South B Tont Oil company's property at Eph- B ralm. They will faco down tho ledge, H and, If tho shale justifies it, thoy will BBB nrnrf nn nil retort. H Tho total valuation of tho school B property In tho stato at tho end of H tho school year, Junu 30, was $3,221, Hi '159.G4. Last year tho estimated vnlua- B 'tlon was $3,005,605.02, showing an In- H crcaso of $155,554.02 for 1902. M According to tho figures of Stato B Mlno Inspector Gomor Thomas, tho BBl coal production of the Sterling Coal & BBV iCoko company, located six miles south H of Mantl, Is 7,901 tons this year, as BlB compared with 1,885 tons last year. Hfl Mrs. Potcr Peterson, of Ephrnlra, B While sowing on a machine, accldon- H tally ran tho machlno nccdlo through BBtj hor finger. It was found necessary to YE tako tho machlno apart so as to ox- H tract tho needle from tho lady's finger. ftVfl Tho past year was a most prosper- VAS oub ono for tho Salt Lako Jobbing jH trade. Tho volumo of business was' a B llttlo moro than $4,000,000 grcator tlmn Uyfl in 1901, aggregating $31,700,000, as Hfl against $27,235,000 for tho preceding H yewr. H At tho closo of tho school year thero H woro 927 graduations in tho common H and high schools, as against 813 for H 1901, "an Increase of 114. Tho gradua- H tlons fiom tho common schools wcro H 2,051 for 1902, and 1,710 for 1901, a H gain of 341. H Tho production of coal in Utah tho H past year aggregated 1,041,430 tons, H " jw against 1,152,224 tons for 1901, an H increuso of 489,212 tons. Tho valuo of M tho product for this year, based upon H $1.50 per. ton at tho mines, tho aver- H age cost of production, is $2,402,154. bBB' |